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Technicalities and Tautologies: Interpreting Construction Statutes in Kansas0
- Claims, Contracts, Documentation, Risk Management
- April 28, 2020
By Lee Brumitt, Dysart Taylor We’ve all heard it: “they got out on a technicality.” A recent case out of Kansas reminds us that what may look like a technicality is, in fact, a court properly applying the plain language of a statute, as enacted by the legislature. In Drywall Systems, Inc. v. A. Arnold
READ MORECoronavirus is Here: What Does That Mean for Your Project and Your Business?0
- Claims, Contracts, Legally Speaking, Outlook & Trends, Payment, Risk Management
- March 23, 2020
By Brian S. Wood; Smith, Currie & Hancock, LLP The outbreak of COVID-19 (“coronavirus”) has wreaked a considerable human toll of death, physical suffering, fear, and anxiety internationally. Much of the fear and anxiety results from a lack of information or a full understanding about the spread of the disease, protection against infection, and treatment.
READ MORETurning the Corner on Auto Claims0
- Best Practices, Claims, Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends, Risk Management, TECHNOLOGY
- March 23, 2020
By Jim Berriatua, Vice-President, Gallagher Global Construction Services John was driving a company vehicle to a work site when he got a phone call. He glanced over at the screen to see who it was, just as Shawn was scurrying across the street, earbuds in, listening to the latest Grisham novel, trying to beat the
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Tennessee Court of Appeals Clarifies Subcontractor’s Rights to Recovery of $300/day Penalty for Contractor’s Violation of Prompt Pay Act Requirement to Place Retainage in Escrow Account0
- Best Practices, Claims, Construction in the Courts, Contracts
- February 24, 2020
By J. Timothy Crenshaw, Counsel, Schulman, LeRoy & Bennett, P.C. The recent decision in Snake Steel, Inc. v. Holladay Construction Group, LLC is significant for subcontractors’ rights with respect to retainage withheld on construction projects in Tennessee. Tennessee’s Prompt Pay Act (the “PPA”) includes a provision requiring that retainage withheld on projects involving $500,000 or
READ MOREBut We Did Everything Right!0
- Best Practices, Claims, Construction in the Courts, Legally Speaking, Risk Management
- September 23, 2019
Challenging OSHA Citations with the Unpreventable Employee Misconduct Defense By Jonathan Landesman, Michael Metz-Topodas, and Christopher W. Sexton Despite the construction industry’s few areas of certainty, contractors can invariably count on facing an OSHA compliance inspection at some point. These visits are meant to ensure everyone on-site is complying with OSHA’s many and detailed construction-related
READ MORELegally Speaking: Accident/Injury Documentation and Record-Keeping0
- Claims, Legally Speaking
- June 4, 2018
June 2018 by Stephen Moore, Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith Accidents happen. No matter how thoroughly your workplace is invested in a culture of safety, sooner or later, if you are doing enough business, accidents will happen. How those accidents impact your business, your employees and your customers, however, is something you can
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